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Gillian Cassell-Stiga is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she received a B.S. at the Wharton School and completed a concentration in Business and Public Policy. At Wharton, she performed development policy research including an examination of tax-based waterfront development in Camden and a paper analyzing Empowerment Zones. She also held an internship at the US Attorney�s Office in Newark, NJ and later studied Flemish art and culture for a semester in Leuven, Belgium. She further complimented her interest in development by volunteering with local anti-poverty organizations and served as chair of the student-led committee governing community service and advocacy at Penn. Upon graduation Gillian was awarded with the Dean�s Award for Service to Penn and the Philadelphia Community. She then spent her first post-graduate year in Peru running a small non-profit which provided educational opportunities to under-resourced mountain communities.
Gillian enjoys early morning runs, live jazz, film, and cheese. She also hopes to expand her travels in South America. | 